New Albany, OH
How exposed is New Albany to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, New Albany lands at the 19th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 4,599 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Albany at the 20th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of New Albany's buildings (64.6% of 4,599) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where New Albany ranks
Within Ohio, New Albany ranks higher (49th percentile) than it does nationally (19th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Albany ranks 25,631 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,706 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 646 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
New Albany's low rating (19th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in New Albany
New Albany's 64.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
New Albany's 19th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond New Albany, see the exposure-zones guide.